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How to Get Your Blog Post Back from the Depths of WordPress

I was minding my own bloggy business when I messed up a post that I had spent some major time setting up. I don’t know how I even did it but I turned the entire thing into one big link to a Google search. Huh? Right. Moving on.

WordPress would NOT let me ‘undo’ as I usually do when I muck something up. I was stuck. In the muck. Oh…

And non-techie me figured out how to fix it. Little ol’ me! Most of you probably already know this but I thought I’d share just in case I could save a fellow friendly blogger the trouble of rewriting a post. (I even have visuals. This is all mind-blowing, I know.)

I made up a Wonderful New Post to walk you through this super easy process.

STEP ONE:

Write an awesome post and be proud. Fix those typos, polish, and click “Save Draft”, as always.

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STEP TWO:

Mess up your awesome blog post and panic. Then notice how you now have “Revisions” over to the right. You didn’t have that before. You must “Save Draft” at least twice before that shows up. This “Revisions” is your key to salvation. Or your post’s salvation. Same, same. Click on “Browse” over in “Revisions”.

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STEP THREE:

You get a choice here. You’ll now see two versions of the post. Click on “Previous” on the left of your screen OR slowly move the sliding arrow in the middle of your screen over to the left.

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STEP FOUR:

Cool! You’re getting closer to your original (or the version you want back). It says this was my “9 minutes ago” revision. But…it still has my mistake in the green there, see? I don’t want this.

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STEP FIVE:

Neat! You’ll notice the big, blue button that says “Restore This Revision” is now clickable. (It wasn’t before.) Click that button when you see the post you want. Ah! My mistake is no longer in that green area.

I don’t use post with the thumbtack to write my new post. I click “Write” with a pen, then take me to a new post page. I could try the way you did it and see what happen. I also never write direct on the new post. I write everything on Word, saved them on my computer. I copy and paste on the new post. In case something happen to my blog, I still have all of my original.

That’s a great way to do it. I actually write most of my posts in Word, too, but this one… I was trying to set it up, add media, etc. That’s what I “lost”. I had the writing but redoing everything in WP would’ve taken a long time.

Don’t you hate it when that happens? My “post” writing/editing page has all the revisions listed at the bottom, and I’ve used that a million times. My theme is really old, and I wonder if that makes a difference. Thanks for the lesson, Sarah. This will undoubtedly come in handy. 🙂

I wonder if your list of revisions is like the “previous” button. Not as precise as the scrolling arrow but gives you back whatever version you click on. ? It might make a difference what theme you have. I am no techie. I won’t even pretend.

I know. I am so glad I got that one back. I was trying something with media and I don’t know what I’m doing so it took a long while. And, you know, I need to use that damn “search” more often. I have some good history. 😉

Wow! I had no idea! That’s handy to know. Living in rural Ireland we dont get a very good internet connection at times, and this has sometimes caused me to lose posts… very frustrating! Now I know what to do! Thanks! 😙😙😙